Eugene of Gothard
Eugen von Gothard (born May 31, 1857 in Herény in Western Hungary ; † May 29, 1909 there ), Hungarian Gothard Jenő , was a Hungarian nobleman and amateur astronomer . He studied at the Technical University in Vienna, especially with the astronomers Herr and Tinter. He built a large astrophysical observatory on his Hereny estate. He owned a reflecting telescope and was already using spectrometry.
From the 1880s he did pioneering work in the field of astronomical photography . On September 1, 1886 , he first photographed the central star of the ring nebula M57 in the constellation Lyra . Its scientific heritage is preserved by the Gothard Astrophysical Observatory at Loránd Eötvös University .
In 1980 the asteroid (1710) Gothard was named after him.
literature
- Gothard Eugen from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 36.
Web links
- Obituaries to E. v. Gothard in the Astrophysics Data System
- Ildikó J. Vincze, István Jankovics: In memory of Eugene (Jenö) von Gothard: a pioneering nineteenth century Hungarian astrophysicist. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 105-114 (2012). ( bibcode : 2012JAHH ... 15..105V )
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- ↑ http://www.eso.org/sci/libraries/lisa4/Vincze.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vincze, Jankovics & Kovács: "Gothard Astrophotographic Plate Library" (engl.)
- ↑ Website of the Gothard Astrophysical Observatory (Engl.) ( Memento of 6 March 2009 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 5183
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gothard, Eugen von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gothard, Jenő (Hungarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian nobleman and amateur astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herény |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1909 |
| Place of death | Herény |